Publications

X Author: Nawa Raj Baral

2024

Huntington, Tyler, Corinne D Scown, Hanna Breunig, Olga Kavvada, Xinguang Cui, Thomas P Hendrickson, Sarah L Nordahl, Nawa Raj Baral, Minliang Yang, and Melissa Moore." BioSiting Tool (BioSiting) v2." (2024).
Achinivu, Ezinne C, Brian W Blankenship, Nawa Raj Baral, Hemant Choudhary, Ramu Kakumanu, Mood Mohan, Edward E.K Baidoo, Corinne D Scown, Anthe George, Blake A Simmons, and John M Gladden."Biomass pretreatment with distillable ionic liquids for an effective recycling and recovery approach."Chemical Engineering Journal 479 (2024) 147824. DOI
Huntington, Tyler, Corinne D Scown, Olga Kavvada, Sarah L Nordahl, and Nawa Raj Baral."BioC2G Tool v1." (2024).
Baral, Nawa Raj, Deepanwita Banerjee, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Blake A Simmons, Steven W Singer, and Corinne D Scown."Integration of genome-scale metabolic model with biorefinery process model reveals market-competitive carbon-negative sustainable aviation fuel utilizing microbial cell mass lipids and biogenic CO2."BioResources 19.3 (2024) 4056-4086. DOI

2023

Demarteau, Jérémy, Benjamin Cousineau, Zilong Wang, Baishakhi Bose, Seokjung Cheong, Guangxu Lan, Nawa Raj Baral, Simon J Teat, Corinne D Scown, Jay D Keasling, and Brett A Helms."Biorenewable and circular polydiketoenamine plastics."Nature Sustainability (2023). DOI
Hubble, Dion, Sarah L Nordahl, Tianyu Zhu, Nawa Raj Baral, Corinne D Scown, and Gao Liu."Solvent-Assisted Poly(lactic acid) Upcycling under Mild Conditions."ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 11.22 (2023) 8208 - 8216. DOI
Wang, Yan, Nawa Raj Baral, Minliang Yang, and Corinne D Scown."Co-Processing Agricultural Residues and Wet Organic Waste Can Produce Lower-Cost Carbon-Negative Fuels and Bioplastics."Environmental Science & Technology (2023). DOI
Huntington, Tyler, Nawa Raj Baral, Minliang Yang, Eric R Sundstrom, and Corinne D Scown."Machine learning for surrogate process models of bioproduction pathways."Bioresource Technology 370 (2023) 128528. DOI
Liu, Dupeng, Nawa Raj Baral, Ling Liang, Corinne D Scown, and Ning Sun."Torrefaction of almond shell as a renewable reinforcing agent for plastics: techno-economic analyses and comparison to bioethanol process."Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability (2023). DOI

2022

Baral, Nawa Raj, Shruti K Mishra, Anthe George, Sagar Gautam, Umakant Mishra, and Corinne D Scown."Multifunctional landscapes for dedicated bioenergy crops lead to low-carbon market-competitive biofuels."Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 169 (2022) 112857. DOI
Achinivu, Ezinne C, Mica Cabrera, Athiyya Umar, Minliang Yang, Nawa Raj Baral, Corinne D Scown, Blake A Simmons, and John M Gladden."In Situ Synthesis of Protic Ionic Liquids for Biomass Pretreatment."ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 10.37 (2022) 12090 - 12098. DOI
Yang, Minliang, Di Liu, Nawa Raj Baral, Chien-Yuan Lin, Blake A Simmons, John M Gladden, Aymerick Eudes, and Corinne D Scown."Comparing planta accumulation with microbial routes to set targets for a cost-competitive bioeconomy."Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119.30 (2022). DOI

2021

Achinivu, Ezinne C, Skye rank, Nawa Raj Baral, Lalitendu Das, Mood Mohan, Peter Otoupal, Emara Shabir, Sean Utan, Corinne D Scown, Blake A Simmons, and John M Gladden."Alkanolamines as Dual Functional Solvents for Biomass Deconstruction and Bioenergy Production."Green Chemistry 23.21 (2021) 8611 - 8631. DOI
Vora, Nemi, Peter R Christensen, Jérémy Demarteau, Nawa Raj Baral, Jay D Keasling, Brett A Helms, and Corinne D Scown."Leveling the cost and carbon footprint of circular polymers that are chemically recycled to monomer."Science Advances 7.15 (2021) eabf0187. DOI
Baral, Nawa Raj, Minliang Yang, Benjamin G Harvey, Blake A Simmons, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Taek Soon Lee, and Corinne D Scown."Production Cost and Carbon Footprint of Biomass-Derived Dimethylcyclooctane as a High-Performance Jet Fuel Blendstock."ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 9.35 (2021) 11872–11882. DOI
Yang, Minliang, Jeff Dahlberg, Nawa Raj Baral, Daniel Putnam, and Corinne D Scown."Identifying Forage Sorghum Ideotypes for Advanced Biorefineries."ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 9.23 (2021) 7873 - 7881. DOI
Barcelos, Carolina A, Asun M Oka, Jipeng Yan, Lalitendu Das, Ezinne C Achinivu, Harsha Magurudeniya, Jie Dong, Simay Akdemir, Nawa Raj Baral, Chunsheng Yan, Corinne D Scown, Deepti Tanjore, Ning Sun, Blake A Simmons, John M Gladden, and Eric R Sundstrom."High-Efficiency Conversion of Ionic Liquid-Pretreated Woody Biomass to Ethanol at the Pilot ScaleHigh-Efficiency Conversion of Ionic Liquid-Pretreated Woody Biomass to Ethanol at the Pilot Scale."ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 9.11 (2021) 4042 - 4053. DOI
Scown, Corinne D, Nawa Raj Baral, Minliang Yang, Nemi Vora, and Tyler Huntington."Technoeconomic analysis for biofuels and bioproducts."Current Opinion in Biotechnology 67 (2021) 58-64.
Magurudeniya, Harsha, Nawa Raj Baral, Alberto Rodriguez, Corinne D Scown, Jeff Dahlberg, Daniel Putnam, Anthe George, Blake A Simmons, and John M Gladden."Use of ensiled biomass sorghum increases ionic liquid pretreatment efficiency and reduces biofuel production cost and carbon footprint."Green Chemistry (2021). DOI

2020

Yang, Minliang, Nawa Raj Baral, Aikaterini Anastasopoulou, Hanna Breunig, and Corinne D Scown."Cost and Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Implications of Integrating Biogas and Upgrading Carbon Capture Technologies in Cellulosic Biorefineries."Environmental Science & Technology 54.20 (2020) 12810 - 12819. DOI
Yang, Minliang, Nawa Raj Baral, Aikaterini Anastasopoulou, Hanna Breunig, and Corinne D Scown."Cost and Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Implications of Integrating Biogas Upgrading and Carbon Capture Technologies in Cellulosic Biorefineries."Environmental Science & Technology 54.20 (2020) 12810 - 12819. DOI
Baral, Nawa Raj, Jeff Dahlberg, Daniel Putnam, Jenny C Mortimer, and Corinne D Scown."Supply Cost and Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Footprint of Dry and Ensiled Biomass Sorghum for Biofuel Production."ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. (2020).
Yang, Minliang, Nawa Raj Baral, Blake A Simmons, Jenny C Mortimer, Patrick M Shih, and Corinne D Scown."Accumulation of high-value bioproducts in planta can improve the economics of advanced biofuels."Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117.15 (2020) 8639 - 8648. DOI

2019

Baral, Nawa Raj, Olga Kavvada, Daniel Mendez Perez, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Taek Soon Lee, Blake A Simmons, and Corinne D Scown."Greenhouse Gas Footprint, Water-Intensity, and Production Cost of Bio-Based Isopentenol as a Renewable Transportation Fuel."ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7.18 (2019) 15434 - 15444. DOI
Baral, Nawa Raj, Olga Kavvada, Daniel Mendez Perez, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Taek Soon Lee, Blake A Simmons, and Corinne D Scown."Greenhouse Gas Footprint, Water-Intensity, and Production Cost of Bio-Based Isopentenol as a Renewable Transportation Fuel."ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. (2019) 15434–15444.